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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 18.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. According to the narrator, which of the following has NOT been one of Hester's "teachers"?
(a) Shame.
(b) Despair.
(c) Guilt.
(d) Solitude.

2. When Dimmesdale exclaims, "O Thou to whom I dare not life mine eyes," whom is he addressing?
(a) God.
(b) Chillingworth.
(c) Hester.
(d) Wilson.

3. Who, according to the narrator, is at the "head of the social system" in Puritan times?
(a) Governors.
(b) Clergy.
(c) Doctors.
(d) Witches.

4. What, at the end of Chapter 11, is the "only truth" for Dimmesdale?
(a) "The joy in his beating heart."
(b) "The anguish in his inmost soul."
(c) "The mercy of almightly Heaven."
(d) "The malice in Chillingworth's eyes."

5. While his health is failing, Dimmesdale has achieved what in his profession?
(a) "Sanctimonius reputation."
(b) "Brillant popularity."
(c) "Sturdier texture."
(d) "Populist ire."

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Hester stay in New England?

2. "Hester at her WHAT" is the title of Chapter 5?

3. Hester's work is seen everywhere with the exception of:

4. With what kind of natural objects has Pearl decorated herself in Chapter 18?

5. Chillingworth is described as which of the following in Chapter 11?

(see the answer key)

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